Twee maquettes van het Fort Leyden, 1769

Twee maquettes van het Fort Leyden

1769 · relief (sculpture)

May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the sculpture

During the second half of the 18th century, ever more plantations arose along the Commewijne River in Suriname. Fort Leyden was built at the mouth of the river to protect the new settlements from attacks from the water. These wooden models were sent from the Netherlands to Suriname as examples for the construction of the stronghold.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

Accession number
NG-NM-141

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Neighbors at Rijksmuseum

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